No one heard much from Michael Grabner during the NHL all-star break — something to do with multiple root canals from that shot block he took in the mush last Tuesday in Florida.

“Six root canals,” Grabner confirmed Monday. “I broke five teeth and one was loose. The nerves were probably going to (deteriorate) so they decided to do root canals and build it up again.

“I didn’t really feel it (at the time). I wanted to go back out and play. I didn’t know how much time was left after they stitched me up. The doctors did a good job. They froze me up and got it done. On the pain scale, it was definitely up there.”

Grabner played the next night against Tampa Bay with a face shield, then tried to squeeze in some family time around the operation.

“I battled through a couple of days. But it was my vacation and my son was looking forward to it. I wanted to make that happen for him.”

He’s unsure how long the full visor will have to stay.

“It’s definitely different wearing it. It fogs up a bit. It’s an adjustment.”

Komarov, Letang clear the air

Leo Komarov said playing in his first all-star game and skills competition was definitely worth giving up time away from the ice.

“It was awesome, a great four days to be with great players,” said Komarov, the Leafs’ lone representative. “Just to meet the boys and be all around it ... I met all of them. It was 3-on-3, a lot of skillful players, not really my style, but I enjoyed it.”

The Leafs hit leader took advantage of the chance to speak with Pittsburgh defenceman Kris Letang about a controversial check from behind in a Dec. 30 game. Komarov maintained it was an accident.

“We just talked and I said I didn’t mean to do that. That’s it. It’s just hockey. We’re not friends out there on the ice, but outside of it, I’m a good guy and I’m just trying to be a good man.”

Turning a new Leaf

Nazem Kadri was among the players who had a sneak preview of the new Leaf logo for next year’s 100th anniversary season, to be revealed by the club on its site after the Boston game ends around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Advanced reports from industry insiders suggest it will be a hybrid of the 35-point ‘vintage’ Leaf taken from a re-design in the 1938-39 season and given some modern script for the team name in the middle.

“It’s cool,” Kadri said. “I can’t tell you a whole lot about it, but I really like the direction they’re going with it and I think people will like it, too.”

Loose Leafs

Coach Mike Babcock and wife Maureen lingered in Tampa Bay for a day after the last Leafs pre-break game, then came home by way of Boston to watch son Michael’s college team Merrimack in a game ... Komarov had the option of not skating Monday, but said he felt fine after flying back from Nashville, practising and getting back on a plane to Boston. He also wanted to break in some new skates ... Grabner, one of the swiftest Leafs on blades, said he wouldn’t have minded a chance to take on Saturday’s skills’ champion Dylan Larkin of the Red Wings in the fastest skater contest ... Peter Ihnacak won four of six games as a caretaker coach of a German league team, but the former Leaf chose not to return after the holiday break and has resumed searching for the European scouting position he once held with Toronto.

Maple Leafs' Grabner undergoes six root canals

No one heard much from Michael Grabner during the NHL all-star break — something to do with multiple root canals from that shot block he took in the mush last Tuesday in Florida.

“Six root canals,” Grabner confirmed Monday. “I broke five teeth and one was loose. The nerves were probably going to (deteriorate) so they decided to do root canals and build it up again.

“I didn’t really feel it (at the time). I wanted to go back out and play. I didn’t know how much time was left after they stitched me up. The doctors did a good job. They froze me up and got it done. On the pain scale, it was definitely up there.”

Grabner played the next night against Tampa Bay with a face shield, then tried to squeeze in some family time around the operation.

“I battled through a couple of days. But it was my vacation and my son was looking forward to it. I wanted to make that happen for him.”